Nature Made Milk Thistle
In a walk, in the vicinity of the Tannery Old (Jimena de la Frontera), I found this thistle. I noticed that the plant only had the artichoke. Other plant parts were dry, but the flower was at its best . . I searched for information and among other names that of liga. Esto reminded me that my friend Currini, jimenato pro, one of our conversations about past times and told me a way to catch birds. They used a product called league. I sent an email asking if this nature made milk thistle had something to do with the league who spoke to me. In fact, this nature made milk thistle got a sticky substance that after a trial that lasted a couple of weeks, I was ready for use. Currently, this activity is prohibited. The birds are protected by the benefits provided by forests and crops to control insect pests. Currini me detailed blow by blow, the whole process. He talks of hunting using shoots dipped in league. (In the SAR it is stated that crochet is a thin stick, cane or esparto, smeared with lime, used for hunting birds). MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE LEAGUE CARD, PROCESSING OF THE LEAGUE (GLUE) AND USE OF OUR HUNTING WITH "VARETA" of Sparta, Taraje or rushes. "I grew up in Jimena de la Frontera in a shoe store and next to the barber shop Jacinto, so no doubt I got all" essences "to keep me as a fan of" birds "and its various forms of hunting. In the shoe store and talked sometimes hunts because my brothers and other trainees had "sucked" the same "milk birdhouse" on top of me and we got into the barbershop to hear all that the great fans of the people ( My uncle Juan Charra, Nicholas Bandi, Julio el Sevillano, Los Hermanos Orozco, Antonio Duran, Juan El Piyayo and others) commented and exaggerated their experiences hunting with birds. He spoke of how claims debian goldfinches singing, his "jets and chios" music of the auction, how to place the "galley", "branches" and lots of interesting things to die with us because and not just hunting, at least for our campogibraltareñas latitudes. Get your own ball "league" was the greatest dream of every kid who was starting in the hunt for goldfinches with claims and a server could not be less, so were many times I left the field at this time to collect the league. We prepared a good sharp knife and took the field for the part of GarciBravo, Arroyo Roman, tanneries, Puerto pulling the Author Paul and thistles once located the league we started, "an tajazo" a clean cut artichokes all who stood in front of us. Immediately after cutting out was observed with a "milk" white on both sides of the cut and not touching at all were left in the field as they had fallen. The following week we returned to the same place and those outbreaks of milk had turned completely brown and were converted into a "hard balls" which parted with the tip of our blades and cast them into a can until they got together a great " ball or beanbag "that we brought home as one of the most precious gifts of nature. Once at home he took a small "keel" of mud, he got water and threw the ball inside to boil League and was separated from impurities and dirt that had thorns attached. He threw the water and we stayed with the product completely clean nature made milk thistle and now comes the most important time to make the league. If you did not know the proportion of ingredients and time to keep the fire was in danger of losing the raw material and run out to hunt that year, unless you lend or gave you a "pegotito" league. Jimena the most expert in this issue of Francisco Fajardo Gomez league was a master shoemaker who, without being an expert hunter had acquired the skill and ability to get to the best league in the world. Others who also knew without a doubt make it was Juan Jiménez Merino (El Charra) and Nicolas (El Bandi). I was a kid but I remember as though I can not remember doing much of each thing that was put into the "perolcito". It got the ball clean and nature made milk thistle league on the "perolcito" add a few drops of oil and was stirring with a wooden paletita that this will be "melting" slowly. Then added a few bits of "rosin" crushed and continued stirring until a light brown large ball which is then allowed to cool a great time. He caught the ball with wet hands and deposited on the small orcita with clean water and already had our league ready for use in the hunting of birds. The support of the league were "twigs" that according to my memories were of three kinds. Those of "tare" to that end we went to the river and cut the tips of the branches or twigs of this plant were once peladito arranged to be impregnated in the league. The reed is also getting into the river or damp places like "Las Pozas", cut them in pieces enough all the same and our braces were ready. Those of "esparto" had to look for the Esparto and these long strips served to impregnate the league and I explain that this type of crochet was usually used only and exclusively for hunting birds in the "troughs" of water in summer time ( in the pools of streams and rivers where the bird was thirsty to drink without realizing what was coming to get their paws on the league crochet). The reed or tamarisk twigs, once filled with the product of the league was put over a thistle "galley" and were placed around the various claims (caged birds) and some Cimber on "Uveros spikes" to sing and their "calls" made to tirasen and posasen on twigs falling into the trap because they beat their wings and could not fly. And I like to share with others (that's why I got into the mess of the log). . . .
